"I observed that the snow was still heavy at this time, and when the snow melted, the roads would be muddy and horses could not walk, and it would take at least two months. Flash: In two months, my fortifications have been completed, and they are not good at attacking cities, what am I afraid of! Li Dongsheng was full of confidence: "When the time comes, the Tibetans and the Turks will cry again and call their mothers." ”

"It's good to have faith, but what about the thousands of Turkic captives? When you enter the city, there are thousands of mouths, and eating and drinking every day is not a small amount. "Qiao Shiwang still attaches more importance to this, a few thousand people is not a small number, he doesn't want to worry about these guys when he is defending the city.

"It's all gone!" Li Dongsheng waved his hand: "The Turks and Tibetans are now in great need of food, how can they not raise so many people when they go back, they are helping you Khan fight and were captured, and life is not good in our hands after coming back, what will they think?" And it sounds good when we say it, teacher of righteousness. ”

"Okay, anyway, Your Majesty will leave the matter to you. I'll be waiting for news of your victory in the Metropolitan Palace. Although Qiao Shiwang said freely, he was actually not happy in his heart, which means that he took on the name of protecting Li Dongsheng as a cover, and now he has the final say in all matters, which means that he is the highest governor of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

Li Dongsheng also felt his unhappiness, but he had to seize this rare opportunity, otherwise the soldiers below the two doors would not know who to listen to, and his life should still be in his own hands, so he said goodbye to Qiao Shiwang and left.

The firearms battalion sends out 10 scouts in turn every day to patrol the enemy within a radius of 100 miles from Gaochang City. On the city tower, all kinds of rolling logs, stones, fire oil, and baskets of arrows, all the ordnance that should be used to defend the city are piled up on the city tower. Although Li Dongsheng doesn't like these things, they are all in the inventory of Gaochang City before, so let's take them and use them first.

Li Dongsheng burned the limestone, clay and grass ash around Gaochang City into crush and then grind it into simple cement, and added cement piles of 45 degrees outward to the original straight up and down the city, which increased the difficulty of their climbing and high density, and the general ladder can only carry the outside of the cement pile, even if you climb up, you can't go up the city wall. Qiao Shiwang also came to see the preparations for the war, and when he saw this cement pile, he nodded and said: "This is a good thing, and it is estimated that all the guards will have to be installed in the future." I'm not afraid to see you work so hard. ”

Li Dongsheng's task for the businessmen is to buy grain, no matter what price you enter, as long as you enter Gaochang City, it will be doubled, if you want cash, you can give cash, if you want felt, you will give felt, if you want wine, you will give wine, the price of grain in the entire Western Regions has risen several times, we all know that Gaochang is now rich and stupid, and who does not earn money. Flash Dance Moreover, Gaochang's purchase of grain is not a bulk purchase, and as long as you buy it, I will buy it, and even the herdsmen drove the ox cart to load a few hundred catties.

Time passed day by day, the snow melted, the road was flat, everyone was a little tired of waiting, and the strong men in Gaochang City were also tired of training, and everyone thought about whether the Tubo and Turkic armies would come or not, and it was not a way to hang like this.

In the evening, the sun in the northwest is just parallel to the sight of people, and the eyes illuminated by the dazzling sunlight cannot be opened, and a layer of golden halo is sprinkled on the tall city wall, and the entire Gaochang City is shrouded in this layer of golden light, which looks like a model made of gold from a distance.

At this time, a horse carrying a person, desperately galloping towards Gaochang City, one person and one horse are getting closer and closer to the city gate, and the soldiers of the firearms battalion guarding the gate are facing the sun, squinting at the knights running on the road, and are about to shout loudly.

At this time, the knight on horseback raised his head and shouted: "An enemy horse has been found a hundred miles outside Gaochang City. Then he took out the token and rushed straight into the city.

The soldiers of the firearms battalion guarding the gate immediately followed the plan requested by Li Dongsheng and quickly closed the city gate, and then shouted: "Enemy attack!" There is an enemy attack! Close the gates and get ready for battle! Immediately block the city gate with sand, gravel and wood, and now the whole city is not allowed to enter or leave, and it is in a state of war! ”

And so the war came suddenly. Although everyone was prepared, it still appeared in front of everyone in Gaochang in the most brutal way. The officials of the Gaochang County Ya took the guards of the Metropolitan Protectorate to beat the gong and patrol the streets over and over again, reading out the wartime control plan designated by Li Dongsheng, all the strong men who were trained in the early stage must go to the designated place to report, and the personnel who are not the people of Gaochang City must also go to the Gaochang County Ya to get the certificate, and the Tubo and Turkic people must have more than three guarantees from the locals, otherwise they must live in the designated inn, and they are not allowed to go out casually.

The whole Gaochang city was in chaos, Li Dongsheng and Qiao Shiwang stood on the city tower looking at the chaotic streets in the city, listening to the cries of the people, women holding children, men holding their parents, all looking for a safe place, but they couldn't get out of such a big city, and they went home crying. Then there were the people who carried grain and grass, the people who transported the ordnance, and the shouts of the soldiers who patrolled the city, and the whole city was like the end of the world.

Fear pervades every corner of the city, and it is a living bloody war. Qiao Shiwang at the head of the city suddenly said: "Dongsheng, you see that the people in the city are panicking, but there are many Han people who help carry materials and help coordinate the order. ”

"If they are not of my race, their hearts will be different! The ancients did not deceive me! They knew that as long as the enemy army entered the city, it would be ruined and there was no possibility of survival. Li Dongsheng said with a cold face: "In the past, I was besieging the city, and I had no direct experience of the damage suffered by the people under the occupation of the enemy, but now I look at those innocent women and children, I hate these guys, I don't want to create at all, I only have plunder and destruction in my heart, my people in the Tang Dynasty are the best in the world, kind and hardworking, but they are regarded as cowardly, and they can be bullied at will. ”

"Uh... Since ancient times, it has been ominous to kill prisoners. Qiao Shiwang looked at Li Dongsheng's gritted teeth and said this.

"Who didn't say this, the enemy came to our land to kill our people and soldiers, we defeated them, but we couldn't kill them. Do you think that these enemies think that we are fools, that we kill people and rob things, and that we will not be punished if we are caught, and that there are still such good things in the world? If I were an enemy, I would have to come a few more times. Li Dongsheng said: "A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood!" ”。

"At that time, there will be a royal history to impeach you for brutal and indiscriminate killing, why bother?"

"I'm not afraid of the impeachment of Yushi, where the righteousness lies, although tens of millions of people will go to me!" As soon as he put on a pose, he heard a voice behind him say loudly: "Lord Duhu, Lord Hou, the scout reported again, the fifteen countries of the Western Regions have gathered 10,000 people, converged with the Tubo Turkic coalition army, and went straight to Gaochang, it is estimated that it will arrive at noon tomorrow!" ”